Lingerie clasp



Sept. 18, 1928. 1,685,020

E. B. BREEN LINGERIE CLASP Filed Nov. 9, 1927,

Patented Sept. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA BRYAN BREEN, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. p l

LINGERIE CLASP.

Application filed November 9, 1927. Serial No. 232,117.

My present invention has reference to a lingerie clasp and my object is the provision of an article of this type which may be eas ily pinned upon a garment in a manner that will prevent its accidental displacement but which also is of a construction to permit of'its ready removal from the garment.

A further object is to simplify and improve the existing art to produce a lingerie pin whose body portion is formed of a snigle strip of metal which may be highly ornamental and whose ends are bent 1nwardly or rounded upon themselves to form what I will term barrels. one ofsaid barrels receiving therein lateral trunnions formed on one end of the said pin and the second end of the barrel being formed on its in-- ner face with an angle slot or passage for the pointed end of the pin whereby the said pin is caused to enter the vertical branch of the passage and to be moved along the lateral branch thereof and to contact with. one of the end walls provided by the said lateral branch whereby the accidental removal of the pin from the body of the clasp, will be effectively prevented.

A further object is the provision of a lingerie clasp in which the body thereof is centrally formed with an inwardly extending spring projection disposed opposite the pin of the clasp and designed to cooperate with the pin for engaging a garment therebetween.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view ot the improvement.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof. Figure l is a sectional view approxlmately on the line 44; of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view approximately on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a similar sectional view approximately on the line 66 of Figure 4. As disclosed by the drawings, the body of my improved clasp is formed from a single strip of suitable metal. The body, 1nclicated by the numeral 1, at the center thereof, is preferably slitted longitudinally and the metal bounded by the slit is bent inwardly to form a spring or resilient garment gripping portion 2. Both ends of the body 1 are arched or curved over the body, as indicated by the numerals 3 and 4, respectively. These arched or. curved portions merge into rounded portions which I will term barrels and which are indicated by the numerals 5 and 6, respectively. The barrel 6 is centrally notched for the passage of a pin 7, the said pin having a laterally extending trunnion 8 which is journaled in the barrel 6.

The second barrel 5, on its inner face is formed with an approximately centrally arranged transvcrse slot or opening 9. This slot or opening 9 merges into an angle passage l0 and the inner wall, at the upper edge of the said passage, is notched, as at 11. The pointed end of the pin is designed to be first inserted through the opening 9 and then passed through the angle passage 10 and then finally to be received in the notch 11 so that the pin will be effectively prevented from accidental removal from the body of the clasp. The pin is disposed opposite the hump portion 2 of the body so that the garment engaged by the clasp will be effectively grasped between the said hump and pin.

The improvement may be highly ornamental and the simplicity of the improvement will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention relates without further detailed explanation.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A lingerie clasp comprising a body portion formed of a single strip of material whose ends are arched over the body and merge into rounded portions which provide barrels, one of said barrels being centrally notched, a pin received in the notch, said pin havinga lateral trunnion which is journaled, in the said barrel, the second barrel having a transverse opening on the inner ing with said opening and the upper wall at the terminal of the said passage being formed with a. notch and thepin being of a length whereby its pointed end will here ceived through the opening and through the passage and rest 1n the notch.

In testimony whereofI aiiix my signature.

EMMA BRYAN BREEN.

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